2025 Code of Georgia
Title 40 - Motor Vehicles and Traffic (Chs. 1 — 16)
Chapter 6 - Uniform Rules of the Road (Arts. 1 — 15)
Article 9 - Speed Restrictions (§§ 40-6-180 — 40-6-189)
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Motorist may be tried and convicted in two counties for speeding. —When a motorist is charged with speeding and driving under the influence in two counties, the motorist may be tried and convicted in both counties for speeding, but a conviction for driving under the influence in one county will bar prosecution in the other as this charge arises out of the same conduct in both counties. State v. Willis, 149 Ga. App. 509, 254 S. E.2d 743, 1979 Ga. App. LEXIS 1912 (1979).
Opinion Notes
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Prosecuting legislators for speeding violations. —There is no constitutional immunity for members of the General Assembly from prosecution for speeding violations or other violations of the criminal law. 1985 Op. Att’y Gen. No. U85-50.
Research References & Practice Aids
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR.Applicability of motor vehicle regulations to public officials or employees, 19 A. L. R. 459; 23 A. L. R. 418.
Driving automobile at a speed which prevents stopping within length of vision as negligence, 44 A. L. R. 1403; 58 A. L. R. 1493; 87 A. L. R. 900; 97 A. L. R. 546.
Excessive speed of automobile as affecting question whether excavation or other defect in highway is the proximate cause of accident, 82 A. L. R. 294.
Inference or presumption that owner of motor vehicle was its driver at time of traffic, driving, or parking offense, 49 A. L. R.2d 456.
Meaning of “residence district,” “business district,” “school area,” and the like, in statutes and ordinances regulating speed of motor vehicles, 50 A. L. R.2d 343.
Construction, application, and effect, in civil motor vehicle accident cases, of “slow speed” traffic statutes prohibiting driving at such a slow speed as to create danger, to impede normal traffic movement, or the like, 66 A. L. R.2d 1194.
Custom or practice of drivers of motor vehicles as affecting question of negligence, 77 A. L. R.2d 1327.
Speed, alone or in connection with other circumstances, as gross negligence, wantonness, recklessness, or the like, under automobile guest statute, 6 A. L. R.3d 769.
Legal aspects of speed bumps, 60 A. L. R.4th 1249.
Hierarchy Notes:O. C. G. A. Title 40
O. C. G. A. Title 40, Ch. 6
- § 40-6-180. Basic rules
- § 40-6-181. Maximum limits
- § 40-6-182. Establishment of state speed zones
- § 40-6-183. Alteration of speed limits by local authorities
- § 40-6-184. Impeding traffic flow; minimum speed limits; slower driving in a passing lane
- § 40-6-185. Speed limits on bridges and other elevated structures
- § 40-6-186. Racing on highways or streets
- § 40-6-187. Charging violations; sentence to specify amount by which speed limit exceeded
- § 40-6-188. Highway work zones; reduction in speed; signage
- § 40-6-189. Classification as super speeder; fees
